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Click here to apply to be an AmeriCorps member with CALPIRG's Energy Service Corps.
As an AmeriCorps member you'll work to promote energy efficiency in your community. You'll help the environment, serve your community, and earn an education stipend to pay for tuition, student loans, and other educational expenses.
CFL light bulbs use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs - if everyone in the U.S. switched one light bulb, it would have the same effect on greenhouse gas emissions as taking 800,000 cars off the road!
You can work on a lot of different projects: teaching kids about energy efficiency through fun and interactive lessons; conducting energy efficiency surveys of houses in your neighborhood; creating partnerships with community groups; meeting with local and state officials; working with the media; and more - all in an effort to foster long-term community stewardship and increase energy efficiency across California.
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Work on important issues, learn valuable skills, get hands-on experience, and make a difference.
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Students from across the state organize a press conference to STOP CUTS to CalGrants in Sacramento with their elected officials. -
UC Berkeley Intern Kat Lockwood speaking to students at Cal about the NO on 23 campaign to protect California’s clean air and global warming law with Van Jones. -
UCSB interns host the Textbook Rebellion as part of a national tour to fight high prices and successfully get both TV and print media to report on their event. -
Actress Amy Smart speaks at the CALPIRG Statewide Organizing Conference about activism and banning plastic grocery bags. -
Four TV, two radio, and two print media cover our High Speed Rail Spring Break Tour stop in the central valley. -
UC Davis students kick off a TEXT-2-GIVE table for Somalia Famine Relief on the quad – our efforts statewide raised thousands of dollars for famine relief. -
UC Davis CALPIRG Interns Justin Hassis and Manny Rin take a photo petition during the CALPIRG Alternative Spring Break Tour- gathering hundreds of petitions calling for a statewide ban on single use polystyrene containers and plastic bags -
UCR, USC, and UCLA interns come together for a joint beach clean-up! -
Jared Calinisan, UC Mercd AmeriCorps Member and CALPIRG intern, teaching kids at a local elementary school about energy efficiency (UC Merced educated 1,157 kids in one quarter – way to go!) -
UC Merced intern caulking a window as part of our Energy Service Corps program’s work to save Californian’s energy and money while also saving the environment!